What if I told you that a major surgery that cuts through your abdomen, opens your uterus, and requires weeks or months of healing is still casually described as taking the easy way out? It sounds ...

India. Initially adopted by pvt hospitals, such surgeries are now catching on in govt ones too, but costs remain high.

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room ...

As someone wiser than I has remarked, “There is no such thing as minor surgery.” Anytime you “go under the knife,” especially ...

Ectopic pregnancies are rare but very serious, and you may not hear about them until you (or someone you know) experience one.

A ventral hernia is a bulge caused by tissue pushing through a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Laparoscopic surgery is often chosen for hernia repair because it has less recovery time and discomfort.

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a ...

For years, orthopedic teams have increasingly used single-use, prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (sNPWT) to reduce these complications. These dressings support healing by applying ...

The Senate this week failed to pass dueling bills from Republicans and Democrats to address a looming spike in health insurance costs for people who buy Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans. The result was ...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis animal shelter put out a "truly urgent" call for fosters, saying its heat went out while temperatures are forecast to sit near or below freezing over the weekend. Center for ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump appeared ready to propose a policy framework to address health care costs that included extending subsidies in the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, set to expire at the ...